The official handle of BCCI Women also shared a few photos of the entire team with Jhulan Goswami in a huddle on her retirement.
Jhulan Goswami : Age | Husband | Wickets | Biopic
Goswami is the highest wicket taker in Women’s One Day International cricket. In February 2018, against South Africa, she became the first bowler to take 200 wickets in WODIs.
She achieved this by taking the wicket of South Africa opener Laura Wolvaardt during the second one-day game of the three-match series at Kimberley. In April 2018, an Indian postage stamp was issued in her honour.
In March 2022, in the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup, Goswami became the first bowler to take 250 wickets in WODI cricket.
Goswami was born to a middle-class family in the town of Chakdaha in the Nadia district of West Bengal on 25 November 1982.
She took up cricket at the age of 15, and was previously a football fan.
Goswami began to take interest in cricket when she watched the 1992 Cricket World Cup on TV.
She took further interest in the sport after watching Australian batter Belinda Clark in the 1997 Women’s Cricket World Cup.
As Chakdaha did not have any cricket facilities at the time, Goswami travelled to Kolkata to play cricket.
Age
Jhulan Nishit Goswami (born 25 November 1982) is an Indian international cricketer and the former captain of India national women’s cricket team.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jhulan Nishit Goswami |
| Born | 25 November 1982 Chakdaha, West Bengal, India |
| Age | 39 years old. |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Role | Bowler |
An all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium fast, Goswami is regarded as one of the greatest women fast bowlers of all time and one of the fastest bowlers in the history of women’s cricket, and the fastest contemporary bowler following the retirement of Cathryn Fitzpatrick.
In August 2018, Goswami announced her retirement from WT20Is.
Goswami was born to a middle-class family in the town of Chakdaha in the Nadia district of West Bengal on 25 November 1982. She took up cricket at the age of 15, and was previously a football fan.
Goswami began to take interest in cricket when she watched the 1992 Cricket World Cup on TV. She took further interest in the sport after watching Australian batter Belinda Clark in the 1997 Women’s Cricket World Cup.
As Chakdaha did not have any cricket facilities at the time, Goswami travelled to Kolkata to play cricket.
Jhulan Goswami Husband
The Indian women’s team superstar has not married anyone as of yet.
She was focused completely on cricket and hence did not explore any romantic relationships.
Even if she was involved with someone, Goswami has made sure to keep things private.
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Jhulan Goswami wickets
Goswami is the highest wicket taker in Women’s One Day International cricket.
In February 2018, against South Africa, she became the first bowler to take 200 wickets in WODIs.
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Format
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Matches
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Wickets
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Economy
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Average
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Test
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12
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44
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2.02
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17.4
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ODI
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203
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253
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3.37
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22.1
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T20I
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68
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56
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5.45
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21.9
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She achieved this by taking the wicket of South Africa opener Laura Wolvaardt during the second one-day game of the three-match series at Kimberley.
In April 2018, an Indian postage stamp was issued in her honour.
In March 2022, in the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup, Goswami became the first bowler to take 250 wickets in WODI cricket.
She has 40 Test wickets in her name in 10 matches. Overall she has 271 international wickets in 223 games and has scored 1593 runs with three 50s.
She is the highest wicket taker in WODIs going past Australian Cathryn Fitzpatrick record of 180 wickets.
She achieved the feat during the Women’s Quadrangular Series in South Africa.
On 7 February 2018 Jhulan became the first woman cricketer to reach 200 wickets in one day cricket. She has 200 wickets in 166 matches at an average of 21.76 with two 5 wickets and 4 four wickets hauls.
Biopic
According to the makers, Chakda Xpress traces Jhulan Goswami’s journey as she “moves up the ladder despite the hindrances posed by misogynistic politics to fulfil her dream of playing cricket for India”.
Bollywood star Anushka Sharma on Sunday started shooting for her next feature film “Chakda ‘Xpress”, a former Indian cricket captain Jhulan Goswami biopic.
Produced by Anushka Sharma and Karnesh Sharma’s Clean Slate Filmz, ‘Chakda Xpress‘ has Prosit Roy attached as the director.
The ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ actor shared a glimpse of her vanity van which shows her character name ‘Jhulan’, on Instagram.
Cricketer Jhulan Goswami biopic, also commented on the post. She dropped heart, clap and joining hands emojis in the comment section.
The film will stream on Netflix. Anushka’s last acting gig was 2018’s Shah Rukh Khan-led movie “Zero”. The actor has since produced acclaimed Prime Video series “Pataal Lok”, Netflix film “Bulbbul” and series “Mai: A Mother’s Rage”.
The film is slated to release in the second quarter of 2022 on Netflix.
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